Laced goldpartridge

Color and pattern male

Head: orange-red.

Neck: hackle warm orange-golden yellow, each feather with a glossy black shaft-stripe running almost parallel to the feather edge; the shaft stripe ends in a point close to the end of the feather; feathers on the front of the neck black, provided with a yellowish-brown tip or edging that extends no further than halfway along the feather edge.

Wings: shoulder black, shoulders

carmine red, wing band glossy green-black; large flight feathers black with deep reddish-brown along the outer edge of the outer vane; small flight feathers black with a deep reddish-brown edging along the outer edge of the outer vane, such that a reddish-brown wing triangle is formed when closed.

Back and saddle: back carmine red; saddle hackle warm orange-gold yellow, each feather with a glossy green-black shaft stripe running almost parallel to the edges of the feather, causing each feather to appear edged with warm orange-gold yellow; a slightly deeper shade in the saddle than in the neck hackle is permitted, but the greatest possible uniformity in color depth is desired.

Tail: tail feathers black; sickles and secondary sickles glossy green black; tail coverts glossy green black, edged with warm orange-gold yellow.

Breast: glossy black. The majority of the breast feathers must have a yellowish-brown tip or edging that extends no further than halfway along the feather edge.

Belly and rear: black.

Flanks and thighs: black, mostly with a yellowish-brown tip or edging that extends no further than halfway along the feather edge.

Down color: grayish in all feather groups

Serious faults

White in sickles and tail; mottling in wing feathers; too light color in neck and saddle hackle; entirely black breast.

Faults

Minor color or marking deviations in the aforementioned cases; wing triangle too light and incompletely colored; shaft stripe marking too faint.

Color and pattern female

The edged partridge color differs in hens from the so-called "Asian" edging because the base color is abundantly present. Consequently, in the otherwise clearly marked feathers, the dull black serrated pattern between the edges is very narrow. The marking is irregularly serrated. Furthermore, all feathers have a bright, glossy, not too narrow outer feather edge, glossy golden yellow, without any black. The outer edge is clearly present on all feathers. In older hens, this edge is dull.

Head: plumage deep yellowish-brown orange.

Neck: neck collar orange-gold, each feather featuring a black shaft stripe pattern containing some orange-brown markings. The shaft stripe runs parallel to the feather edge and ends in a point close to the feather tip. Feathers on the front of the neck marked like those of the upper breast.

Wings: large flight feathers dull black with

greyish-brown edge on the outer vane; small flight feathers inner vane black, outer vane greyish-brown with dull black, serrated markings running approximately parallel to the feather outline; wing coverts warm greyish-brown-yellow, the serrated markings running parallel to each other and to the feather outline.

Back: warm yellowish-brown base colour. The narrow serrated pattern runs parallel to the edge of the feather and is coloured dull black. The black is dull to greyish tempered; the base colour is richly present. The feathers show more serration towards the shoulders. The golden-yellow colour in the outer edge is entirely free of black and possesses a strong sheen in young animals. The base colour should not be too abundant, provided the feathers are clearly marked. The back and saddle feathers therefore do not need to have the serrated pattern. A uniform peppering within the distinct outer edge is also permitted, although serration is preferred.

Tail: tail feathers black, the upper feathers black with warm greyish-brown marking, tail coverts warm greyish-yellowish-brown with serrated pattern, parallel to each other and to the feather outline.

Breast: warm grayish yellow-brown, each feather with two or more distinct edges of warm grayish yellow-brown, separated by a very narrow dull black serrated pattern, parallel to each other and to the feather outline.

The black is dull to grayish tempered.

The base color may break through the dull black serrated pattern, provided the pattern remains distinct. The yellow-brown base color of the outer edge is entirely free of black and possesses a strong sheen in young animals. Belly and hindquarters: belly and flanks have a less sharp pattern that transitions towards the rear into solid grayish yellow-brown. Thighs: less sharply marked than the breast.

Down color: grayish in all feather groups.

Serious faults

White in tail; mottling in wing feathers; serrated pattern too broad and too straight where required; absence of the outer edge; serrated pattern not parallel to the feather edge; rust on back and wings; base colour too red or straw yellow; white in edging; red or salmon colour on breast.

Faults

Above serious faults present to a lesser degree; vein pattern too broad and light on the breast; clumped peppering on back, saddle and on small flight feathers.

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